Article 1 [Sovereign Rights]
The Irish nation hereby affirms its inalienable, indefeasible, and
sovereign right to choose its own form of Government, to
determine its relations with other nations, and to develop its
life, political, economic and cultural, in accordance with its
own genius and traditions.
Article 2 [Territory]
The national territory consists of the whole island of Ireland, its
islands and the territorial seas.
Article 3 [Extent of Application of Laws]
Pending the re-integration of the national territory, and without
prejudice to the right of Parliament and Government established
by this Constitution to exercise jurisdiction over the whole of
that territory, the laws enacted by that Parliament shall have the
like area and extent of application as the laws of Ireland and the
like extra-territorial effect.